http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/08/bic-pens-for-her-draw-amazon-flames/
QuoteA new pen introduced by Bic has the Internet buzzing–and biting. The "Bic Cristal for Her" is a ballpoint pen that comes in pastel colors and boasts an "elegant design—just for her!"
Shoppers have taken to the reviews section of Amazon to write hundreds of snarky, and often sarcastic, "reviews" of the pens.
One reviewer, writing under the name breemeup, is highlighted as "the most helpful favorable review" on Amazon since she gave the pens five stars. The title of the review is, "I am writing this in the kitchen."
"Finally! For years I've had to rely on pencils, or at worst, a twig and some drops of my feminine blood to write down recipes (the only thing a lady should be writing ever)," the reviewer wrote. "I had despaired of ever being able to write down said recipes in a permanent manner, though my men-folk assured me that I "shouldn't worry yer pretty little head". But, AT LAST! Bic, the great liberator, has released a womanly pen that my gentle baby hands can use without fear of unlady-like callouses and bruises. Thank you, Bic!"
The Bic website notes that the pens are available in Europe, but Amazon makes the pens available in the United States.
Bic's list of the pen's "key benefits" includes a tinted barrel that is thinner "for a better handling for women" and the "plug color matches ink color," making the pen aesthetically pleasing.
Reviewer Tracy Hamilton wrote:
"Someone has answered my gentle prayers and FINALLY designed a pen that I can use all month long! I use it when I'm swimming, riding a horse, walking on the beach and doing yoga. It's comfortable, leak-proof, non-slip and it makes me feel so feminine and pretty! Since I've begun using these pens, men have found me more attractive and approachable. It has given me soft skin and manageable hair and it has really given me the self-esteem I needed to start a book club and flirt with the bag-boy at my local market. My drawings of kittens and ponies have improved, and now that I'm writing my last name hyphenated with the Robert Pattinson's last name, I really believe he may someday marry me! I'm positively giddy. Those smart men in marketing have come up with a pen that my lady parts can really identify with."
Men too are commenting on coral-colored pens.
Reviewer Dan Kaufman wrote, "Men, don't stand for this. Aren't there enough products specific to women already? First it was tampons, now these pens? What other products will I have to suffer the indignity of being unable to purchase just because I'm a male person?"
And Jason S. Wilson wrote that he prides himself in being "a fairly masculine guy" who watches football, grunts, exercises, drinks beer and believes "a pickup truck is the highest evolution of vehicular technology." Or, at least, he did.
"Then ... I used The Pen," Wilson wrote. "Now I'm arranging flowers, buying clothes in pastels and enjoying the way my pants fit now that my man parts have shrunk to doll-size."
Bic did not respond to request for comment.
Don't show women enough attention & they bitch. Try to do something special for them & they also bitch.
Can't win.
A special set of pens? :D
Anyway, they could have just created pastel pens and left it at that - which would have garnered none of this nonsense.
Quote from: garbon on August 29, 2012, 02:44:05 PM
A special set of pens? :D
It's the thought that counts!
Anyway, this reminds me of the Petticoat 5 computer for ladies, from "Look Around You" :D
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Yeah if you are going to make a pretty little something something to attract a certain sort of customer do not say who that sort of customer might be. Not that internet rage by the gender-concious crowd is going to hurt sales much.
I remember when the NFL started making pink versions of all the teams gear for the lady customers and I was rolling my eyes about how transparent that was about gender stereotypes and surely any real NFL fan wants to wear the team colors regardless of gender. Boy was I wrong the ladies buy the pink Oakland Raider panties like they are going out of style...and they should because there is just something wrong with that.
Quote from: Valmy on August 29, 2012, 03:03:35 PM
I remember when the NFL started making pink versions of all the teams gear for the lady customers and I was rolling my eyes about how transparent that was about gender stereotypes and surely any real NFL fan wants to wear the team colors regardless of gender. Boy was I wrong the ladies buy the pink Oakland Raider panties like they are going out of style...and they should because there is just something wrong with that.
Used to agree with you. But now I think I might get a pink Bengals jersey for my little girl.
Quote from: Valmy on August 29, 2012, 03:03:35 PM
Boy was I wrong the ladies buy the pink Oakland Raider panties like they are going out of style...and they should because there is just something wrong with that.
I mean if you like pink and you like the Raiders...
Quote from: derspiess on August 29, 2012, 03:06:11 PM
Used to agree with you. But now I think I might get a pink Bengals jersey for my little girl.
Pink jersey != pink panties with the Raiders logo awkwardly stamped across her butt.
Quote from: derspiess on August 29, 2012, 02:36:51 PM
Don't show women enough attention & they bitch. Try to do something special for them & they also bitch.
Can't win.
People will always bitch about everything. The best solution is to have the vast majority of humanity killed.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on August 29, 2012, 06:58:27 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 29, 2012, 03:06:11 PM
Used to agree with you. But now I think I might get a pink Bengals jersey for my little girl.
Pink jersey != pink panties with the Raiders logo awkwardly stamped across her butt.
:pinch: I don't want her to ever grow up.
I saw very little rage and mostly making fun of something stupid in those reviews.
Quote from: Jacob on August 29, 2012, 07:20:07 PM
I saw very little rage and mostly making fun of something stupid in those reviews.
Yea, that was my impression too.
Heh, you gotta have some sympathy for poor old marketing execs. Trying to think of a new way to market pens must be the original lead balloon. :D
Quote from: Malthus on August 30, 2012, 03:35:50 PM
Heh, you gotta have some sympathy for poor old marketing execs. Trying to think of a new way to market pens must be the original lead balloon. :D
I always get a kick out of the gimmicks they use to try to differentiate "new" disposable pen products. Funny that none of the special ergonomic grips ever seemed to feel any different. But I do feel better knowing my BIC ECOlutions mechanical pencil is made in part out of recycled materials. If they really want to help the environment, you'd think they would just make their mechanical pencils re-fillable.
I have a bic penis.
Finally.
Now the wife can write grocery lists all by herself. Thank you Bic.
Quote from: The Brain on August 30, 2012, 04:16:46 PM
I have a bic penis.
So less than an inch in circumference?
Quote from: Legbiter on August 30, 2012, 04:28:18 PM
Finally.
Now the wife can write grocery lists all by herself. Thank you Bic.
Letting women write? Disgusting. :mad:
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 30, 2012, 04:49:43 PM
Letting women write? Disgusting. :mad:
Our son brought an alphabet sheet from school the other day. She may have glimpsed it. -_-
Quote from: Legbiter on August 30, 2012, 05:29:32 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 30, 2012, 04:49:43 PM
Letting women write? Disgusting. :mad:
Our son brought an alphabet sheet from school the other day. She may have glimpsed it. -_-
Punish her.
OK that's the last time I share here.
I'm rather happy with my Montblanc pen, and don't see the need to move to inferior products.
I mostly have butch soldier pens from defence expos that double as USB drives or LED torches. THEY MAKE ME WRITE IN ALL CAPS and litter my writing with amusing acronyms like MANPADS.
Amazon doesn't get women, these guys get women
http://www.nightcrafts.com/en/etuis-godemichet/108-dildo-case-pen-classic-gift.html
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Quote69,00 €
Very nice present
Pen "europe" in cherry
Dildo case in walnut, length 21 cm, average diameter 3.5 cm.
Finished with natural oil
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2012, 05:45:39 AM
Amazon doesn't get women, these guys get women
For when you're so ashamed of your pen you have to disguise it as a sex toy? :hmm:
QuoteFinished with natural oil
:x
Quote from: Brazen on August 31, 2012, 06:38:07 AM
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2012, 05:45:39 AM
Amazon doesn't get women, these guys get women
For when you're so ashamed of your pen you have to disguise it as a sex toy? :hmm:
QuoteFinished with natural oil
:x
Personally I'd be worried about splinters.
hey, they mocked lego too when they came out with a girl line. now that line is very successful. Girls like pink shit. Deal with it feminists :D.
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2012, 07:00:52 AM
Personally I'd be worried about splinters.
It's boned so it won't chip.
BONED GET IT? BONED
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 31, 2012, 08:55:28 AM
Quote from: Viking on August 31, 2012, 07:00:52 AM
Personally I'd be worried about splinters.
It's boned so it won't chip.
BONED GET IT? BONED
don't make me make the joke about it being polish
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 08:53:17 AM
hey, they mocked lego too when they came out with a girl line. now that line is very successful. Girls like pink shit. Deal with it feminists :D.
The girls only like the pink shit because they are conditioned by oppressive Patriarchs like Berkut.
Quote from: Valmy on August 31, 2012, 09:12:57 AM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 08:53:17 AM
hey, they mocked lego too when they came out with a girl line. now that line is very successful. Girls like pink shit. Deal with it feminists :D.
The girls only like the pink shit because they are conditioned by oppressive Patriarchs like Berkut.
but oppressive patriachs are conditioned by their mothers, so really, like all things in life, it's womens fault :contract: :P .
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 09:14:46 AM
but oppressive patriachs are conditioned by their mothers, so really, like all things in life, it's womens fault :contract: :P .
A matrix of Matriarchal-Patriarchal repression going back countless generations. All a system designed to condition girls to buy pink shit, clearly set up by the Ancient Danes in a millenia long Lego Conspiracy.
well, you got me there. danes are indeed evil. Except for jacob, he gets a pass. to the rest though, give canada back its islands!
apparently the girly lego is responsible for 1000 jobs in denmark.
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 08:53:17 AM
hey, they mocked lego too when they came out with a girl line. now that line is very successful. Girls like pink shit. Deal with it feminists :D.
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I'm seeing these more & more at the range and at gun shows :huh:
Of couse girls like pink shit. How have we been dressing them since they were born? In pink.
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 31, 2012, 10:26:25 AM
Of couse girls like pink shit. How have we been dressing them since they were born? In pink.
See? Berkut's fault.
Quote from: The Brain on August 31, 2012, 12:41:50 AM
OK that's the last time I share here.
Ignore these assholes. :console: Tell us more about your penis. :)
Quote from: DGuller on August 31, 2012, 11:42:10 AM
Quote from: The Brain on August 31, 2012, 12:41:50 AM
OK that's the last time I share here.
Ignore these assholes. :console: Tell us more about your penis. :)
Like can you flip a switch and make the discharge come out in a different color?
Quote from: Valmy on August 31, 2012, 09:18:36 AM
Quote from: HVC on August 31, 2012, 09:14:46 AM
but oppressive patriachs are conditioned by their mothers, so really, like all things in life, it's womens fault :contract: :P .
A matrix of Matriarchal-Patriarchal repression going back countless generations. All a system designed to condition girls to buy pink shit, clearly set up by the Ancient Danes in a millenia long Lego Conspiracy.
... which, nevertheless, is all Berkut's fault. ;)
I agree that it's Berkut's fault as well. BTW, what did he do?
Quote from: DGuller on August 31, 2012, 12:12:24 PM
I agree that it's Berkut's fault as well. BTW, what did he do?
We can blame him without your damned specifics!
Quote from: DGuller on August 31, 2012, 11:42:10 AM
Quote from: The Brain on August 31, 2012, 12:41:50 AM
OK that's the last time I share here.
Ignore these assholes. :console: Tell us more about your penis. :)
It's fairly thick and beautifully shaped. :)
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 31, 2012, 10:26:25 AM
Of couse girls like pink shit. How have we been dressing them since they were born? In pink.
girls, yes, but how does it explain these guys?
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Colour blindness?
Quote from: Maximus on August 31, 2012, 10:31:30 PM
Colour blindness?
I was gonna say "Being French"... they may not be pussies but they sure as hell look like they are.